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Victor Decolongon/Getty Images Today is the latest Game of the Century for the US men's national team, which, considering its brutal draw and low expectations (at least in the international soccer world) is basically... read more

Photo: Nelson Almeida/Getty Images So that was fun. In the way that hiding under the couch with a dog toy in your mouth while a gang of methed-out criminals robs your house is fun. Germany... read more

Photo: Matthias Hangst/Getty Images By now you're all surely sick of hearing about the end of the U.S.-Portugal game. I know I'm sick of thinking about it. Especially after yesterday. Especially after imagining how fans... read more

Photo: Robert Cianflone/Getty Images If you are not a soccer obsessive, you probably don't know this backstory: Mexico would not be playing in this World Cup if not for the United States. Mexico is the... read more

Photo: Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty Images For the purposes of this thought experiment, let's pretend there is no hindsight. If there were hindsight, we would be elated right now at the idea that the U.S. Men's... read more

Photo: Javier Soriano/Getty Images Down goes Spain. Yesterday was a big day for the World Cup in that it was the first day that teams were mathematically eliminated from the tournament. First out was... read more

Photo: Noah Graham/Getty Images It's basically a requirement in NBA locker rooms these days to be conversant in soccer. Kevin Garnett loves Chelsea, LeBron James owns a piece of Liverpool, Steve Nash says he could... read more

Photo: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images Perhaps you heard the news this morning that Clint Dempsey—who scored the goal that put the U.S. ahead of Ghana Monday just 30 seconds into the game, then got kicked in... read more